Слайд 1LECTURE 6
THE UK
Ph.D. Vashchenko E.A.
Слайд 2PLAN
The British Monarchy today
The British Parliament and the Electoral System
The
House of Commons
The House of Lords
Political Parties
The Conservative Party
The Liberal
Party and the Labour Party
Слайд 3THE BRITISH MONARCHY
Constitutional monarchy
Decolonisation – 1947 (India, Pakistan and
Ceylon)
1949 – Commonwealth (Ireland, Burma, the Sudan,
Canada, Australia, New
Zealand)
The House of Commons and the House of Lords
Слайд 4THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM
Members of Parliament - MPs
At a
general election or at a by-election
Parliamentary elections – 5 years
The
Cabinet of Ministers
Shadow Cabinet
Слайд 5THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
650 members
The Speaker
Front-benchers
Back-benchers
Слайд 6THE HOUSE OF LORDS
1000 members
250 are active in the work
of the House
The right of inheritance
The Lord Chancellor
The Woolsack
700
years
Слайд 7POLITICAL PARTIES
17TH century
The Conservative and Liberal – 19th century
The Social
Democratic Party 1981, an alliance with the Liberal Party
The
Scottish National, Welsh Nationalist
The Communist Party of Britain
Слайд 8THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
The Tory Party
Tory means an Irish highwayman
The middle
and upper classes
Слайд 9THE LIBERAL PARTY
THE LABOUR PARTY
Liberals=Whigs, Whig party
Represented the trading and
manufacturing classes
1988 – liberal democrats
Labour Party – 1900, by Trade
Unions
1981 – the Social Democratic Party
Слайд 10QUESTIONS
Is the Queen of the UK also the Queen of
some other countries?
What are the powers of the monarch in
the UK?
Who does the real power in the UK belong to?
What do the letters MP stand for?
What is the minimum voting age in the UK?
Who chooses candidates in elections in the UK?
Who chooses the Cabinet of Ministers?
Who are called Front-benchers and Back-benchers?
How long does a session of the House of Commons last?
What is a reading in Parliament?
What is the Woolsack?
Which political parties in the UK can you name?
Who are called the Tories and the Whigs?